Rotate View

Glyphs font editor plugin that allows one to rotate a glyph and view it from different angles. This plugin was inspired by an experience in punchcutting and appreciating the ability to rotate a Glyph and look at curves from all angles.

Code is written by Aaron Bell

Usage

• Open the Rotate View plugin from the Window menu.
• It will automatically display the currently selected glyph.
• Use the slider to rotate the glyph in the view clockwise and counter-clockwise.
• The window can be resized and the glyph will resize.

Installation

Install by clicking its Install button in Window > Plugin Manager > Plugins (Glyphs 3) or Window > Plugin Manager (Glyphs 2). Restart Glyphs once.

👉 Rotate View depends on the Vanilla module. Please install it via Window > Plugin Manager > Modules (Glyphs 3) or Glyphs > Preferences > Addons > Modules (Glyphs 2).

Requirements

Tested on Glyphs 3.0.

License

Copyright 2017 Aaron Bell (@aaronbell & @sajatype). Special thanks to Mark Frömberg's Kernkraft plugin that explained how to draw outlines in Vanilla and to Georg / Rainier who helped explain Glyphsapp callbacks. Also thanks to @jenskutilek for catching a crash case.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

See the License file included in this repository for further details.